List: euphemistic
Words or phrases that are used to substitute for harsh or unpleasant terms, often to make them more socially acceptable or less offensive.
euphemistic expression noun noun (generic)
- menstruation, period, time of the month
Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb derogatory euphemistic
- to disappear, to vanish, to fade away
- to go, to leave
- to die
noun noun (generic) euphemistic
- married life
- sexual activities (of a married couple), conjugal intercourse, (sexual) intimacy
colloquial euphemistic expression noun noun (generic)
- homosexuality, interest in the same sex
physiology noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb euphemistic
- apoptosis
- suicide
euphemistic noun noun (generic)
- yakuza group, chivalrous organization
historical term euphemistic noun noun (generic)
- comfort woman, prostitute who worked in military brothels, esp. one forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII
jocular, humorous term euphemistic expression noun noun (generic)
- fly (on trousers), flies, zipper
rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) euphemistic
- secret place, hidden place
- female genitalia
- the underworld, the other world
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun colloquial euphemistic noun noun (generic)
- there, over there, that place, yonder, you-know-where
- genitals, private parts, nether regions
- that far, that much, that point